More than 300 participants dressed in their finest tweed and joined the Metro-sponsored C.I.C.L.E. bicycle ride last Saturday, January 18. The Tweed, Moxie and Mustaches Bicycle Ride convened at the Highland Park Metro Gold Line Station and visited historic landmarks in the Highland Park neighborhood on bicycle. Stops included stained [continue reading]
Get ready for these upcoming Metro-sponsored bicycle rides led by CICLE! All rides are free and open to the public. Saturday, January 18, 2014 – Tweed, Moxie and Mustache Ride: The Historic Arroyo Seco Meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Gold Line Highland Park Station Ride leaves promptly at 11 a.m. Saturday, February [continue reading]
If you’re trying to figure out the safest and quickest way to get to a destination and/or connect to Metro Stations on your bicycle in Los Angeles, you’re in luck! The Los Angeles Department of Transportation recently released an update to their online city of Los Angeles bikeways map. Not only can you find info [continue reading]
Click here to read the kind of blog post no one at Metro wants to read: it’s a first-person account by one of our passengers who last Wednesday literally watched someone steal his $1,300 road bike from the front of a Metro bus in Hollywood. Although bike theft from the [continue reading]
Waterford to Constitution Bikepath Closure Revised Notice The closure of the bike path that runs along the west side of the I-405 will be extended until Sunday, December 22, due to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power work on a valve in the area.
Metro participated in the November 9 installment of KPFK’s “Bike Talk” radio program, a weekly radio show that discusses issues of interest to the L.A. bicycling community. Diego Cardoso, executive officer of countywide planning and development at Metro, discussed Metro’s efforts to fund bicycle infrastructure improvements through the Call for [continue reading]
Some very good news for cyclists from Anthony Jusay with Metro’s Bike Planning staff: the Rio Hondo Bike Path will soon be connected to the El Monte Transit Center. Metro began construction on the project last week and work is scheduled to be completed within 60 days, weather permitting. The [continue reading]
Get ready to bike to some good eats with the upcoming Northridge Diners & Delis Ride! The free ride is set to take place Saturday, Nov. 16 and is sponsored by Metro, led by CICLE, and supported by Valley Bikery. Pedal through Northridge and Granada Hills to visit some of the [continue reading]
Attention all cyclists: the bike path along the west side of the southbound I-405 from Waterford St. to Constitution Ave. will be closed from Monday, Oct. 21 to Saturday, Nov. 30 due to construction of a drainage system at Waterford/Church. Construction will require excavation, saw cutting of the sidewalk and [continue reading]
Above is one of the more interesting motions to come forth in the October round of meetings for the Metro Board of Directors. It involves one of our favorite issues: first mile, last mile — i.e. how to get people to and from transit stations. The gist of it: The [continue reading]
